#C8AE65#C8AE65

#C8AE65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.098 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE65
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 49.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -0.10, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 40.70, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0006 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.098 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3059, 43.4929, 18.5286)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE65 #657FC8

analogous

#C87D65 #C8AE65 #B1C865

triadic

#C8AE65 #65C8AE #AE65C8

tetradic

#C8AE65 #65C87D #657FC8 #C865B1

square

#C8AE65 #65C87D #657FC8 #C865B1

split-complementary

#C8AE65 #65B1C8 #7D65C8

monochromatic

#846D2F #B1933F #C8AE65 #D8C692 #E8DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8AE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE65

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE65	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.098 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc692',
    500: '#c8ae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae65;
$custom-light: #dbc692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.242,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE65

secondary

#B1BBD8

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE65

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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